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SFFL# 30
Name: Unknown
Date: April 24, 2012
Nationality: French
Location: Les Deux Alpes, France
COD: Impact Ground / Proximity Flying
Ground Launching or Skiing: Skiing
Wing Type: Unknown
Wing loading: Unknown
Age: 52
Experience: Unknown
Beacon/Locator/Etc (Spot, in Reach, Recco, GPS): Unknown
Description:
A 52-year-old man from Pontault-Combault died due to injuries sustained from a speed-riding accident in Les Deux Alpes. He was speed riding with a group of friends on an off-piste area of Les Deux Alpes when he was said to have misjudged a manoeuvre, leading him to a 40-metre cliff drop. The man was found near the bottom of a waterfall at 1400 metres in the neighbouring resort of La Grave in a critical condition. He was airlifted to a hospital in Grenoble but sadly died overnight.
Speed riding when he misjudged some manoeuvre while flying terrain and fell 120'.
If anyone has additional information, and more importantly images we can use for this entry, please contact us.
Name: Unknown
Date: April 24, 2012
Nationality: French
Location: Les Deux Alpes, France
COD: Impact Ground / Proximity Flying
Ground Launching or Skiing: Skiing
Wing Type: Unknown
Wing loading: Unknown
Age: 52
Experience: Unknown
Beacon/Locator/Etc (Spot, in Reach, Recco, GPS): Unknown
Description:
A 52-year-old man from Pontault-Combault died due to injuries sustained from a speed-riding accident in Les Deux Alpes. He was speed riding with a group of friends on an off-piste area of Les Deux Alpes when he was said to have misjudged a manoeuvre, leading him to a 40-metre cliff drop. The man was found near the bottom of a waterfall at 1400 metres in the neighbouring resort of La Grave in a critical condition. He was airlifted to a hospital in Grenoble but sadly died overnight.
Speed riding when he misjudged some manoeuvre while flying terrain and fell 120'.
If anyone has additional information, and more importantly images we can use for this entry, please contact us.
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